12/24 Power Restored
Power is restored to the county. We are looking to confirm our network is UP. Merry Christams!
12/24 Power Update
From the Opalco Website: 12/24 @ 2PM We just heard that repairs are going well. We are now hopeful that you will have power to start cooking your Christmas Eve dinner – hopefully by 5 pm. As seen in the past, we can never account for all situations so we will continue updating if this […]
12/24 County wide power outage
Starting about 8:35 am San Juan County begin experiencing a County wide outage. Refer to http://OPALCO.com for more details.
12/23 Network is UP
Thanks to Stu and his companion. They were able to get up to the side of the mountain in 2ft of snow and a drizzle to replace parts and get the connection back up. Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas!!
12/23 Repair Team on way
Our repair has begun the trek to the broadcast location. If all goes well things should begin passing traffic around 3:45PM
12/23 Power Outage Resolved
Power was generally restored to the county around 2:30AM. Most of the systems came back up. We are working to enable internet on about 3 sites. Primary Concern is the WrightRD area serving Bartell and Rossell Lane areas. There is a power supply unit that has failed. A hard to get to location means we […]
12/22 outage update
From OPALCO website 12/22 @ 6:25 The Puget Sound Energy team has identified the issue and are in route to fix the problem. The restoration time is greater than 4 hours. 5:45 PM – The BPA and PSE crews on the mainland are responding and investigating the issue and working to make the necessary repairs. […]
12/22 Lummi Power Restored
Technicians were able to finally get to the remote broadcast system and restore power to devices serving Lummi Island and the east side of Orcas (the Raccoon Pt area). There will be a followup visit to harden the fix later today.
Radio re-alignment in Rosario – 11/9/22
We’ve encountered a software issue during a radio re-alignment in the Rosario area. This is causing the connection to several of our customers to go up and down repeatedly. We are currently addressing the issue and expect to have completed the work by 3:30 pm.
Backhaul Disruption – 10/25/22
Two of our main transmission links on Orcas are experiencing capacity drops during the severe rain showers we’ve been seeing lately. We have backup links in place for both locations that have been capable of handling most of the load when the primary links fail. At this point were are evaluating the proper procedure for […]